Bandit Haven

revhtree · Sep 29, 2015

@stunreefer do you have a larger pixel FTS? I would like to use it for our FB Fan page cover for a while if you're ok with it?

revhtree · Sep 29, 2015

Please tag me back.

iyad_nadi · Sep 29, 2015

Only one word (ART)

SaraB · Sep 29, 2015

Love your tank Austin, as usual! Your Bandits are amazing!

Mesa fish · Sep 29, 2015

This is an amazing tank. Any trouble with coral. I hoping to get one in February but in worried they will eat my Zoas and/or my SPS.

MUSBFRANK · Sep 29, 2015

I rarely compliment tanks on here just because there's so many and I'm spoiled as a result, but finishing it off with not one but a pair of cool rare angels makes this tank one of my favorites! Can't argue with success but your flow seems crazy turbulent but it's certainly working, CONGRATS!

ShayneBo · Oct 1, 2015

WOW!! That is one simply beautiful tank!

stunreefer · Oct 1, 2015

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

Mesa fish said:
This is an amazing tank. Any trouble with coral. I hoping to get one in February but in worried they will eat my Zoas and/or my SPS.

I had to remove two small plate corals. They pick at pretty much everything from time to time, but if your coral is healthy they don't do damage. The little plates would just stay retracted all the time and by the time they opened back up, wham, they'd hit it again

My advice to anyone mixing angels with coral is: keep them well fed, keep lots of coral to spread the nipping around, don't add to a tank full of frags (colonies can handle nipping, frags cannot) and finally your fishes will ultimately dictate what coral you can keep. It's their home afterall

stunreefer · Oct 1, 2015

@revhtree

revhtree · Oct 1, 2015

I wouldn't touch this tank! It's perfect!

stunreefer · Oct 4, 2015

Thanks bud

Reef_Obsessed · Oct 5, 2015

Absolutely stunning!!!

eliramos · Oct 7, 2015

Seriously looks like a painting!

Flameback Pair · Nov 15, 2015

stunreef, did you socially acclimate these fish and how necessary was it?

Daniel@R2R · Nov 17, 2015

Hey bro, please give us some more photos! I love this reef!

stunreefer · Nov 18, 2015

mdbannister said:
Hey bro, please give us some more photos! I love this reef!

Soon! I have a few updates to share but need to get some good pics. And thanks

erk · Nov 19, 2015

I would love to see more video. Watching those two bandits glide around the tank is just beautiful. Have they spawned yet?

FDAWG · Nov 19, 2015

Very Nice Banditos.

stunreefer · Nov 20, 2015

erk said:
Have they spawned yet?

Not yet, but they've been dancing more and more. I received both last December around 2.5". The dominant fish went through two different major growth spurts, seemingly overnight. "She" has likely turned "he" and is ~4.5". The other gal is ~3.5" now. I suspect I'll see something more exciting from them within the next year. Itching to get them a taller tank for more dancing height but that's a ways out still.

FDAWG said:
Very Nice Banditos.

¡Gracias!

stunreefer · Dec 23, 2015

powers2001 said:
stunreef, did you socially acclimate these fish and how necessary was it?

Yes I did. They were quarantined in the same tank with an egg crate divider for about six weeks. Then they were added to the display which also had an egg crate divider for another four weeks or so. This allowed one of the fish to establish dominance without ever even touching the other. The dominant fish outpaced the other in growth considerably, then the egg crate was pulled. There was some running around initially as expected, but nothing overly worrisome.